"David E. Ross" wrote in message
On 7/20/2008 2:39 PM, fuzzywuzzy wrote:
can anyone give me litle advice please, i own a callistemon
"bottlebrush" plant. its the one with the red flowers. i was wondering
when do i dead head the old flowers and whereabouts do i cut on the
stem. i don't want to damage the plant. hope someone can help.

cheers.

This plant does not need to be deadheaded. If you leave the flowers,
they form an interesting band of seed capsules.

If you wish to trim the plant because it's too big or because branches
are crossing, I think you can cut into bare wood.

Yep, if need be, you can be really savage with callistemons. This site may
help:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html